Ashley calls it diving into rose bushes. If we were willing, the gang wouldn't hurt us as bad, and we could come out of it smelling like roses 'cause ...he guys would want us as their girls. If you did do something, we would come out of it smelling like roses because what we did stopped the other girls from being raped. The thorny part was fucking that asshole! He didn't even use condoms. I could have a disease or something. Between you and me, the thing on the roof before you jumped--Ashley was. “What’s her new flavor” Sarah asked.“Creamsycle” Meg shouted. “She says it’s fingering licking good.” This elicited another punch from Kelley.“I don’t think I’ve ever heard of that” Sarah replied. “I’m going to go help mom with breakfast. You three can finish here.”“From where I was it looked like a lot more than fingers being licked over there last night. Maybe that flavor Meg was talking about should have been called Cumsycle.” I thought Megan was going to die laughing as Kelley started. And when we were there, and walking down the mountain after fishing andall, I held Daddy's hand; and even when just talking to people at thelodge, I could stand or lean against him. And he could put his arm aroundme, and I don't think he used to mind doing that so much, but our motherwould have glared at us or bit her lip and stuff even when I was likenine or ten or even less. Maybe it's because he didn't mind then, thatshe could make up in her mind some of the things she said she thought. " We had been friends ever since.We had just returned to her apartment after spending a day together. We had gone to Ikea to buy some stuff for her home office, then we went to a steakhouse for dinner, then to a movie to see Eyes Wide Shut. We were walking up to her door when she said, "My arms are full, do you have your key?"I thought, Huh? I don't have a key to her place. What's she talking about?I answered, "I, uhm..." Oh, yeah," she replied, "Use my keys, they're in my front pants.